Win: Dan Patch (6-2) Loss: Joe Hundley (1-6)
Save: Darrold Knowles (2)
Inning: 1 Detroit Marino Byers pitching. Jigger Statz strikes out. Billy Queen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Magglio Ordonez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Jim Palmer pitching. Steve Cartwright hits a home run. Bill Irabu grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Freeman strikes out. Dick Scott walks. Dick Scott steals second. Eli Gettman singles to center field. Dick Scott scores. Eli Gettman steals second. Trevor Alyward strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Chase Utley grounds out to the second baseman. Hank Aaron flies out to the right fielder. Clarence Gaston singles to center field. Chipper Jones triples. Clarence Gaston scores. Vladimir Guerrrero pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Tod Gilbert strikes out. Kazuyuki Shida strikes out. Marino Byers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jim Palmer grounds out to the shortstop. Jigger Statz singles to center field. Jigger Statz steals second. Billy Queen hits an infield single to the first baseman. Magglio Ordonez strikes out. Chase Utley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Steve Cartwright strikes out. Bill Irabu flies out to the right fielder. Ron Freeman singles to left field. Ron Freeman steals second. Dick Scott singles to left field. Ron Freeman scores. Eli Gettman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Hank Aaron flies out to the right fielder. Clarence Gaston grounds out to the third baseman. Chipper Jones singles to left field. Vladimir Guerrrero singles to center field. Chipper Jones advances to third on the hit. Jim Palmer singles to center field. Chipper Jones scores. Vladimir Guerrrero advances to third on the hit. Jigger Statz singles to right field. Vladimir Guerrrero scores. Billy Queen singles to center field. Jim Palmer scores. Jigger Statz advances to third on the hit. Magglio Ordonez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Trevor Alyward strikes out. Tod Gilbert pops out to the third baseman. Kazuyuki Shida strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Chase Utley singles past the shortstop. Hank Aaron grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Chase Utley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Clarence Gaston walks. Chipper Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Hank Aaron advances to third on the play. Clarence Gaston advances to second on the play. Ernie Portugal comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Vladimir Guerrrero grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Ernie Portugal strikes out. Steve Cartwright strikes out. Bill Irabu strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jim Palmer strikes out. Jigger Statz hits a home run. Billy Queen singles to left field. Magglio Ordonez flies out to the center fielder. Chris Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chase Utley singles to center field. Billy Queen advances to third on the hit. Hank Aaron grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Ron Freeman walks. Dick Scott strikes out. Eli Gettman walks. Trevor Alyward grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Freeman advances to third on the play. Eli Gettman advances to second on the play. Tod Gilbert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Clarence Gaston pops out to the catcher. Chipper Jones hits a home run. Vladimir Guerrrero walks. Jim Palmer lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bucky Hunter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jigger Statz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Kazuyuki Shida walks. Jeff Stone is pinch hitting for Bucky Hunter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jeff Stone grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Steve Cartwright singles to right field. Bill Irabu grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Steve Cartwright is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Buddy Nuxhall pitching. Billy Queen flies out to the left fielder. Magglio Ordonez flies out to the center fielder. Chase Utley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Mike Morales enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chase Utley at 3B. Klondike Douglass enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hank Aaron at C. Ron Freeman pops out to the catcher. Dick Scott grounds out to the pitcher. Eli Gettman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Klondike Douglass grounds out to the pitcher. Clarence Gaston flies out to the right fielder. Chipper Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Isidro Marquez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Trevor Alyward walks. Tod Gilbert hits a home run. Trevor Alyward scores. Kazuyuki Shida singles to left field. Keith Cox is pinch hitting for Buddy Nuxhall. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kazuyuki Shida steals second. Keith Cox grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuyuki Shida advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Steve Cartwright flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Kazuyuki Shida scores. Dan Patch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Irabu flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Detroit Joe Hundley pitching. Vladimir Guerrrero strikes out. Dan Patch singles to center field. Wayne Comer is pinch running for Dan Patch on 1st base. Jigger Statz doubles to left field. Wayne Comer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Billy Queen flies out to the left fielder. Magglio Ordonez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Texas Darrold Knowles pitching. Ron Freeman grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Scott singles to left field. Eli Gettman strikes out. Trevor Alyward grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners LOB: 11 Texas total runners LOB: 6
Batting:HR - Steve Cartwright (12), Tod Gilbert (18).SF - Steve Cartwright.GIDP - Jeff Stone. Baserunning: SB - Ron Freeman (3), Dick Scott (17), Eli Gettman (31), Kazuyuki Shida (17).
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Seaver did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Patton improves in control Lynn Jones improves in range Ivan Rodriguez improves in range
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Harry Cooper did not respond to coaching in velocity Sherman Powell did not respond to coaching in control Al Becker improves in arm Stan Moran did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Knight did not respond to coaching in 3B